Surveying wireless device users by location

    公开(公告)号:US09460445B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-04

    申请号:US14455173

    申请日:2014-08-08

    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.

    Anonymous Location Service For Wireless Networks
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    发明申请
    Anonymous Location Service For Wireless Networks 有权
    无线网络的匿名定位服务

    公开(公告)号:US20130171973A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-04

    申请号:US13778264

    申请日:2013-02-27

    Abstract: An anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network. The service provides content providers with the location of network users without revealing their identities. The service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server blocks identity by reading the location and identity information of network devices, generating dummy identifications, relating the dummy identifications to the identity information, storing the relationships in a memory storage, and forwarding the location information and dummy identifications to the global computer network. Upon receiving messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identifications, looks up the related identification information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network devices.

    Abstract translation: 用于无线网络的匿名位置无线网络服务。 该服务为内容提供商提供网络用户的位置,而不会泄露其身份。 该服务包括具有代理服务器的无线网络,到多个网站的网络通信链路以及到多个手持设备的无线通信链路。 代理服务器通过读取网络设备的位置和身份信息来阻止身份,产生虚拟标识,将虚拟标识与身份信息相关联,将关系存储在存储器存储器中,以及将位置信息和虚拟标识转发到全局计算机网络 。 在从全局计算机网络接收到消息时,代理服务器读取虚拟标识,查找存储器存储器中的相关标识信息,并将数据转发到适当的网络设备。

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